Martin, thank you. Sure, the -if- command is all on one line. Thanks
for the globals suggestion. So for example I could do
*** begin code ***
program define mycmd
gettoken subcmd 0: 0
if "`subcmd'"=="reg" | "`subcmd'"=="areg" | "`subcmd'"=="xtreg"{
global command `"`subcmd'"'
mycmd_ols `0'
}
... ...
end
program define mycmd_ols
di " $command"
end
...
*** end code ***
or how is the use of global within -gettoken- to be understood? I tried
***
gettoken (global) subcmd 0: 0
***
but it did not work.
Thanks,
AC
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> <>
>
> Are you positively sure that your -if- conditions are all on one logical
> line? That is what I stumbled upon. Still, `subcmd' is -local- to -mycmd-
> which you can easily see from a -display- in mycmd_ols
>
> *****
> program define mycmd
> gettoken subcmd 0: 0
> if "`subcmd'"=="reg" | "`subcmd'"=="areg" |
> "`subcmd'"=="xtreg" {
> mycmd_ols `0'
> }
> else if "`subcmd'"=="ivreg" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg" |
> "`subcmd'"=="ivreg2" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg2"{
> mycmd_iv `0'
> }
> else error 199
> end
>
> program define mycmd_ols
> di "`subcmd'"
> end
>
> program define mycmd_iv
> di "`subcmd'"
> end
> ********
>
> -h gettoken- also talks about the possibility to put its results into a
> -global- which should be a way out for you...
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
> _______________________
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Augusto Cadenas"
> <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:09 PM
> Subject: st: Two-word commands with gettoken
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a question about -gettoken- and programming in Stata. The stata
>> help file suggests that -gettoken- can be used to create a two-word
>> command. This is the example that is given:
>>
>> *** begin example ***
>>
>> program define mycmd
>> gettoken subcmd 0: 0
>> if "`subcmd'"=="list" {
>> mycmd_l `0'
>> }
>> else if "`subcmd'"=="generate" {
>> mycmd_g `0'
>> }
>> else error 199
>> end
>>
>> program define mycmd_l
>> ...
>> end
>>
>> program define mycmd_g
>> ...
>> end
>>
>> *** end example ***
>>
>> I wonder how I could use the `subcmd' that has been determined by the
>> first program, -mycmd-, within the sub-programs -mycmd_l- and
>> -mycmd_g- without referring to it explicitly. To make a concrete
>> example: In my case I want a program to do two similar, but slightly
>> different things depending on whether I am doing an OLS regression or
>> an IV regression. So the setup I have in mind is like:
>>
>> *** begin example ***
>>
>> program define mycmd
>> gettoken subcmd 0: 0
>> if "`subcmd'"=="reg" | "`subcmd'"=="areg" |
>> "`subcmd'"=="xtreg" {
>> mycmd_ols `0'
>> }
>> else if "`subcmd'"=="ivreg" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg" |
>> "`subcmd'"=="ivreg2" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg2" {
>> mycmd_iv `0'
>> }
>> else error 199
>> end
>>
>> program define mycmd_ols
>> ...
>> `subcmd' `0'
>> ...
>> end
>>
>> program define mycmd_iv
>> ...
>> `subcmd' `0'
>> ...
>> end
>>
>> *** end example ***
>>
>> But this does not work, I guess because `subcmd' is not recognized
>> within the next program. How do I get around that? It's two days I'm
>> trying and I haven't found a solution. Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> AC
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